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Apex Academy: SOQL and Working with Databases

Apex coding requires working with data to be most effective, including the power of SOQL queries. This course will teach you how to work with the Salesforce database and write SOQL.

Scott Lee - Pluralsight course - Apex Academy: SOQL and Working with Databases
Scott Lee
What you'll learn

Using and managing data retrieved in SOQL is critical to Salesforce Apex programming. In this course, Apex Academy: SOQL and Working with Databases, you’ll learn to write and utilize SOQL while managing governor limits. First, you’ll explore writing SOQL queries. Next, you’ll discover writing practical tests, including avoiding database activity in Apex tests for deployment performance. Finally, you’ll learn how to balance Apex work for bulkification and avoiding governor limits. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Apex SOQL data management needed to work with data in Apex using best performance and quality practices.

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Scott Lee - Pluralsight course - Apex Academy: SOQL and Working with Databases
Scott Lee

Scott is the director of Elega Corporation, which produces business applications and develops games. His development career was launched in the litigation support industry and has expanded to solar energy using Salesforce and its Apex programming language, Python, C#, and numerous kinds of integrated databases.

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